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Q: Is American Јοurnal of Optics and Photonics reliable?

Detailed question-I was invited by American Јοurnal of Optics and Photonics (e-ІЅЅN: 2330-8494) to submit a manuscript of the content which I presented at Photonics West 2022 the other…

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You may want to check the impact factor of American Journal of Optics and Photonics. The impact factor indicates the number of times an average…

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Q: How to verify if journal of Arts and Humanities (JAH) is a predatory or authentic journal?

Asked by MIAJI Niti on June 23, 2022

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Thank you for your query. You can check the following to determine whether the journal is predatory:

-Are there spelling or grammatical…

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Q: How can I get information about paper rank and statistician?

Detailed question-One study looked at the impact of statisticians on paper rank. Wonder if there are any websites where you can search whether the author is a statistician, with SCI…

Asked by Lianke Lianke on June 6, 2022

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Thank you for your question. There doesn't seem to be any open-access tools/websites that offer details on research paper ranking. However, you can determine journal…

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Q: A Scopus journal is on Beall’s predatory journal list

Detailed question-Hello, I am thinking of submitting to a Scopus journal. This journal can be found in the SCOPUS database. The articles published in September of this journal can also be…

Asked by Lina Na Li on May 5, 2022

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Thank you for your question. Beall’s list may not be subject to regular updates, and in such cases, you may see journals that were included in the list some years ago…

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Q: Where can we get least or non-payable journal to which we can submit papers?

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Thank you for your question. To find a journal with no article processing charges, you can try a search on doaj.org with a filter for “without article processing…

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Q: How can I get access to open-access scholarly literature and can I quote them in my article?

Asked by Editage Insights on October 28, 2021

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Thank you for your question. Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. As OA scholarly…

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Q: What is a Transformative Journal (TJ)? Can I submit my paper to that journal?

Detailed question-While I was searching for some journals to publish my paper, I came across one journal which clearly mentioned "This is a Transformative Journal". What do I have to do…

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Transformative journals (TJs) are journals that were previously only subscription-based…

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Q: My research has been published in a predatory journal

Detailed question-Fresh from graduation, I submitted my paper to Pediatrics and Therapeutics, a journal by Longdom Publishing. My paper got accepted only to find out that it is a…

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What you have described is the typical modus operandi of predatory journals. They will make all kinds of threats just to…

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Q: كيف أعرف أن مجلة علمية مصنفة في scopus

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هناك اكثر من طريقة:

- You can use Scopus website and download the Scopus source list).

(https://www.scopus.com/sources.uri?zone=TopNavBar&…

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Q: Can a journal ask for publication fee after 5 years of publication of the article?

Detailed question-I was invited to write a research article by a publisher. In response, I sent the manuscript and published it in 2017 . Now the journal is asking about publication fee…

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It is a general practice for journals to collect publication fees before publishing…

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